Tiptronic oddness

My tiptronic gearbox is working fine, but the digi readout on the dash seems a little confused.

When you have the car in N or D then the LCD display puts a black background around the letter. However mine seems to have the black background around the D or the N or both when still in park. It also means sometimes the shifter wont go from N to reverse and I have to use the red button.

Also when reversing sometimes I can hear clicking coming from the shifter, as if the shift lock is trying to activate.

I doubt anybody has heard of this before but thought it worth checking to see if anybody has any ideas? I may change the whole shift mechanism to see if that fixes it.

Easily fixed If its what I think it is the shifter has a connection to a rod underneath the car but above the physical box itself there is a nut on the rod.

loosen the nut and then shift the box manually underneath the car to park and do the same above on the cabin shifter then tighten the nut back up I had the problem when refiting my old autobox on the N/A so I would think our tip boxs are still the same underneath

Threads like this worry me. Hopefully it's an easy fix.

I think my Tiptronic is Dead I have only had it a month

I think my Tiptronic is Dead I have only had it a month

Is it the box?

I think so it hasnt felt right since getting it tbh clunking around not egaging D or R when it feels like it I was stuck at the gym for 10 mins tonight whilst it decided whether or not to move

I think so it hasnt felt right since getting it tbh clunking around not egaging D or R when it feels like it I was stuck at the gym for 10 mins tonight whilst it decided whether or not to move

Where did you get it from? VVTi tips are the worst when things go wrong. Great to drive but no one really knows much about them.

Where did you get it from? VVTi tips are the worst when things go wrong. Great to drive but no one really knows much about them.

Sig would suggest JM Imports, I am sure Jurgen will sort it out for you

JM Imports

The car has a mind of its own sometimes it works sometimes it says no but the frequency and duration of nos are starting to annoy now.

It was sat smoking away at the traffic lights in durham center tonight coming from the autobox it stunk

Where did you get it from? VVTi tips are the worst when things go wrong. Great to drive but no one really knows much about them.

I wish I bought a normal non VVTI Tiptronic now they are frought with issues

I'm sure JM will investigate if you go back mate

Just realised you have been back a few times, hope you guys get a fix.

I wish I bought a normal non VVTI Tiptronic now they are frought with issues

I bought mine from Jurgen three years ago and although we had some initial problems the car has been great since.

I do wonder when I am going to start having reliability issues. The problem is then, who will know how to fix it.

H.

I'm sure he will fix it eventually but it's already been back twice and as soon as it gets home it starts it's funny business again not JM imports fault it's just being an awkward car

I understand frustration but car seems normal when its here so really difficult to fix the issue when it works fine here ;(..

we will take a look next week maybe remove box and check internals etc etc

Back on track

John my stick did start to do the clicking thing last year but did not notice anything on the dash

I unplugged the two plugs on the stick gave them a clean and plugged them back in no clicking since

I have a spare mechanism ,ecu and box just in case :-)

Thanks for the advice chaps. I will take the dash apart around the shifter and take a look with these suggestions.

To MattP, sadly there are no standard autobox cars with the VVTi. It seems it was Tiptronic or 6sp manual only. I have never heard of a tiptronic failing before so they are not a problematic gearbox. They are supposedly the same box as the original mkiv auto but with different ecu and shifter. So should prove to be pretty reliable.

Thanks for the advice chaps. I will take the dash apart around the shifter and take a look with these suggestions.

 

To MattP, sadly there are no standard autobox cars with the VVTi. It seems it was Tiptronic or 6sp manual only. I have never heard of a tiptronic failing before so they are not a problematic gearbox. They are supposedly the same box as the original mkiv auto but with different ecu and shifter. So should prove to be pretty reliable.

Indeed I must just have a sassy tipbox haha if it could happen to anybody odds are it would be me

Indeed I must just have a sassy tipbox haha if it could happen to anybody odds are it would be me

Well if JM draws a complete blank on your Box then i have a spare

It works most of the time its just on cold startup it refuses to engage gears or it will select reverse then mid monourvre drop the gear :/